Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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The Business Blasters programme of the Delhi government provides Class 11 and Class 12 students with seed money worth Rs 2000 each for developing business ideas.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the Delhi government’s business blasters programme should be implemented in colleges and universities. This is to ensure that the entrepreneurial ideas of the students shall be encouraged after school education.

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The Union Culture ministry launched a new portal named Temple 360, through which devotees can perform online rituals of prominent pilgrimage sites.
Live camera feeds across temples of India will be made available on the website. At present, live streaming of rituals from four temples: Somnath (Gujarat), Kashi Vishwanath (UP), Trimbakeshwar and Ghrishneshwar (both in Maharashtra) can be viewed on the portal.

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As per the official data, India’s trade deficit rose 87.5 per cent to USD 192.41 billion in 2021-22 as against USD 102.63 billion in the previous year.
While total exports during last fiscal year increased to a record high of USD 417.81 billion, imports too rose to USD 610.22 billion, causing a trade gap of USD 192.41 billion.  For the first time, India’s monthly merchandise exports exceeded USD 40 billion, reaching USD 40.38 billion in March 2022.

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The ‘International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP)’ is observed across the world on April 6, to highlight the importance of sport in the society.
April 6 was declared by the United Nations General Assembly, as it was the day, the first-ever Modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens. This year, the theme for the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace is ‘Securing a Sustainable and Peaceful Future for All: The Contribution of Sport.’

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After images of civilian bodies were found in the streets of Bucha city of Ukraine, there have been outrages across the world.
At the UNSC meeting on Ukraine which was addressed by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, T S Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative at the UN condemned the Bucha civilian killings and called for an independent probe.

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The Tamil Nadu government recently formed a 13-member panel to frame the state education policy.
The panel is headed by Delhi High Court retired Chief Justice D Murugesan and the panel members include education experts, writer S Ramakrishnan, former chess world champion Viswanathan Anand and Carnatic musician T M Krishna, among others.

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President Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Amsterdam, as a part of the first presidential trip to the Netherlands after 34 years, since the visit of President Venkataraman in 1988
President Kovind visited Keukenhof, one of the world’s largest flower gardens. He named a new breed of yellow tulips as ‘Maitri’ representing the special and enduring friendship between India and the Netherlands.

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India’s agricultural products export touched a new milestone by crossing USD 50 billion in the year 2021-22.
This is also the highest level ever achieved for agriculture exports from India. The agricultural exports have grown by 19.92% during 2021-22 to touch USD 50.21 billion. As per the data, the highest ever exports have been achieved for staples like rice (USD 9.65 billion), wheat (USD 2.19 billion), sugar (USD 4.6 billion).

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India and Kyrgyzstan carried out a two-week-long Joint Special Forces Exercise, in reflection of growing defence ties between the two countries.
The exercise at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh concluded recently. Combat shooting, sniping, survival in mountains, hostage rescue drills and unarmed combat were practised during the exercise.

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The Delhi government included electric cycles under its Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy and announced that it will offer a subsidy of 5,500 each to the first 10,000 buyers.
This will include both passenger and cargo e-cycles with a speed of less than 25 km/hour. The first 10,000 buyers will get 25 per cent of the purchase incentive on buying the e-cycle.